The discussion revolves around the types of charge carriers in semiconductors, specifically electrons and holes, and their transport and statistical behavior. Participants explore concepts related to carrier transport and carrier statistics, including the Fermi-Dirac statistics relevant to semiconductors.
Participants generally agree on the existence of two types of charge carriers but have differing views on the specifics of carrier statistics and the relationship between Fermi-Dirac statistics and Fermi-level. The discussion remains unresolved regarding the full understanding of carrier statistics.
Some participants express uncertainty about the definitions and implications of carrier statistics, indicating a need for further clarification on the topic.
Simon Bridge said:Those are good questions - to help me help you with them, please tell me how you are thinking about them.
Have a go answering the questions to the best of your ability, remembering that you can look them up online.
vead said:there are two type of charge carrier in semiconductor , one is electron which carry negative charge and other is hole which carry negative charge , electron meet with hole and they recombine ,
Q1 what is carrier transport
Q2 what is carrier statistics in semiconductor
ZapperZ said:A hole carries positive charge, not negative.
The motion of the two charge carriers.
Fermi-Dirac.
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Fermi and Dirac are two people from history.vead said:Fermi-Dirac and Fermi-level are different or same thing